蚺

蚺 · rán

a boa constrictor

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
rán
Cantonese
jim4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a boa constrictor

Dictionary definitions & readings

蚺 rán · boa

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42843.010:rán,tiàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0954.020:rán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
312.010:rán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
rán粵jim4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゼン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
汝鹽 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIGB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5515.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1079.280 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
227.02 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+86BA
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7167

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
蚺
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
nyem · 汝鹽 · 咸開三平鹽日 · #1108

PHONO-ML, source line 8675; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1189.108
kCowles
1321
kDaeJaweon
1548.120
kHanYu
42843.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1548.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42843.010
kIRGKangXi
1079.280
kKangXi
1079.280
kMatthews
3069
kMeyerWempe
878
kMorohashi
32931
kSBGY
227.02
kSMSZD2003Index
611.08
kCangjie
LIGB
kFourCornerCode
5515.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023395
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CH
kIRG_GSource
G0-7245
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D7A4
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-023395
kIRG_KSource
K2-5B61
kIRG_TSource
T2-3927
kRSUnicode
142.5
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
D7A4
kCCCII
232958
kCNS1986
2-3927
kCNS1992
2-3927
kEACC
232958
kGB0
8237
kGB1
8237
kTGH
2013:7167
kXerox
321:116
kCantonese
jim4
kDefinition
a boa constrictor
kFanqie
汝鹽
kHanyuPinyin
42843.010:rán,tiàn
kJapanese
ゼン
kMandarin
rán
kSMSZD2003Readings
rán粵jim4
kTGHZ2013
312.010:rán
kXHC1983
0954.020:rán
kSemanticVariant
U+86A6<kMatthews,kCowles

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蚺0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
虫 beside 冉 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫冉$(GHTK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫冉$(GHTK)

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